Local Olympian visits Volleyball Club

Photos by Patty Kruszewski/Henrico Citizen 09/24/12

Olympic gold medalist Reid Priddy visited the Richmond Volleyball Club Sept. 10 for a meet-and-greet session with admiring members, who waited in long lines to have their autographs and pictures taken with the star player on the men’s national volleyball team. Priddy and the men’s team won gold in China in 2008 but failed to medal in this year’s London Olympics.

Among the fans who flocked to RVC to visit with Priddy were members of the Glen Allen High School girls volleyball team, above (left to right – Emma Gathel, Kirsten Kennedy, Emily Riggin, Erin Hedrick, Shea Yeager, Courtney Wright, Amanda Garrett) and Ken and Christine Lu, with five-week-old Sloane.

St. Joseph's Villa’s Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.

Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.

Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.